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| 1 A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: |
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| 2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; |
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| 3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. |
Is full of troubles – Rendered "evil" in "I create evil." (Isa. 45:7) A125
Nigh unto the grave – Sheol, oblivion, death, not torment. E365
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| 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: |
I am counted – By my enemies; but none will be in this class whose hearts are in the attitude of the Psalmist. R2338:2
The writer is not declaring his own opinion, but merely saying how he is regarded by others. R2338:2
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| 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. |
Lie in the grave – Qebar, tomb, place of interment. E348
Rememberest no more – Disesteemed by others as one unworthy of any future life, remanded to the Second Death. R2338:2
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| 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. |
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| 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. |
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| 8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. |
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| 9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. |
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| 10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. |
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| 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? |
Declared in the grave – There must be a resurrection before they can give God thanks. HG121:5
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| 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
Land of forgetfulness – Not pain, suffering or remorse. R2599:2
Where we can neither help nor hinder, do good or do harm. SM28:T
A condition of extinction. CR209:1*
Thus Lazarus and others were silent about their experiences in hades. R822:6*
"There is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, in the grave whither thou goest." (Eccl. 9:10) R2599:2
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| 13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. |
In the morning – Of the resurrection, the Millennium. A9; E359
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| 14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? |
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| 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. |
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| 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. |
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| 17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. |
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| 18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. |
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